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Kingspan KoolDuct System - KoolDuct Panels - Newry Leisure Centre

Thanks to the compact design of The Kingspan KoolDuct
System and KoolDuct Panels, Kingspan KoolDuct Delivery
Partner, cg3 Systems, has achieved a millimetre-perfect HVAC
fit-out of a new multi-million pound sports and leisure
complex located in Newry city centre, Northern Ireland.

When it opens this summer, Phase 2 of the Newry Leisure
Centre will further Newry, Mourne and Down Council’s aim to
create a modern facility. Built to a high specification, the
building promotes both accessibility and functionality whilst
also offering value for money for ratepayers and customers.
Adding to the Centre’s existing swimming facilities, the new
development will accommodate eight-court and four-court sports
halls, handball and squash courts, dry changing facilities, a
fitness suite, soft-play and crèche areas, a café and
facilities.

The Kingspan KoolDuct System and circular ductwork formed
from Kingspan KoolDuct Panels offered an innovative HVAC
solution for this phase. Unlike galvanised steel, both systems
are pre-insulated using Kingspan KoolDuct panels. This design
eliminates the time-consuming lagging stage and can save as much
as 200 mm ceiling void space in a single dimension. This was a
key consideration on the project as cg3 Systems had to install
the new ductwork within pre-castellated steel beams.

"Due to the castellated beams, it was essential that the
quantities of ductwork were almost millimetre perfect. This
required careful clash detection implementation, measurement and
coordination. The 3D modelling as part of the BIM process at
pre-site stage, in addition to guidance and support from
Kingspan’s superb technical team, ensured the ductwork systems
would fit properly. Onsite, it was installed exactly in
accordance with the 3D models, and included many offsets and
pieces which simply wouldn’t have been possible with sheet-metal
type ductwork."

The rigid phenolic core of Kingspan KoolDuct Panels can
achieve thermal conductivities as low as 0.022 W/m.K and have
been assigned a BRE Green Guide Summary Rating of A. Ductwork
fabricated from The Kingspan KoolDuct System can reduce
air–leakage rates to a fraction of those typical of rectangular
sheet metal ductwork. This innovative System thus offers the
triple benefits of cutting energy use, cutting operational
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and cutting costs.